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<h1 class="chapnum"><center><st><wd>Chapter</wd> <wd>I</wd>.</st></center></h1>
<h1 class="chaptitle"><center><st><wd>The</wd> <wd>Dashwoods</wd></st></center></h1>
<hr/>
<p><st><wd><span class=headchar>T</span>he</wd> <wd>Dashwoods</wd> <wd>lived</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Southern</wd> <wd>English</wd> <wd>town</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Sussex</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>many</wd> <wd>generations.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>They</wd> <wd>owned</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>large</wd> <wd>country</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>named</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>Park.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>head</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>family</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>Mr.</wd> <wd>Dashwood,</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>elderly</wd> <wd>unmarried</wd> <wd>gentleman.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>During</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>last</wd> <wd>years</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Mr.</wd> <wd>Dashwood's</wd> <wd>life,</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>invited</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>nephew,</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>Dashwood,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>family</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>move</wd> <wd>into</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>Park.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Henry</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>one</wd> <wd>son,</wd> <wd>John,</wd> <wd>by</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>first</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>three</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>by</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>present</wd> <wd>wife.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>John</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>young</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>received</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>large</wd> <wd>inheritance</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>mother.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>fortune</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>important</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>it</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>sisters</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>little</wd> <wd>money</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>own.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>When</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>Mr.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>died,</wd>
 
 
 
 
 
 <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>learned</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>uncle</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>fortune</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>him,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>rather</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>him</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>use</wd> <wd>during</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>lifetime.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>When</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>died,</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>inheritance</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>pass</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>son</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>then</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>John's</wd> <wd>son.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>This</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>because</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>Mr.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>been</wd> <wd>especially</wd> <wd>fond</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>John's</wd> <wd>son.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>out</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>kindness,</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>Henry's</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>1,000</wd> <wd>pounds</wd> <wd>each.</wd></st>

<p><st><wd>Henry</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>fortune</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>daughters.</wd></st>




 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>invested</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>money</wd> <wd>carefully,</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>have</wd> <wd>enough</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>provide</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>them.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Unfortunately,</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>suddenly</wd> <wd>died,</wd> <wd>unable</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>complete</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>plan.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>At</wd> <wd>this</wd> <wd>time,</wd> <wd>all</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>10,000</wd> <wd>pounds.</wd></st>

<p><st><wd>Shortly</wd> <wd>before</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>death,</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>begged</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>son</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>take</wd> <wd>care</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>stepmother</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>sisters.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>John</wd> <wd>did</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>have</wd> <wd>strong</wd> <wd>feelings</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>them,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>promised</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>make</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>comfortable.</wd></st>
 
 
 
 
 
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>bad</wd> <wd>man,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>selfish</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>cold-hearted.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>His</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>Fanny</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>even</wd> <wd>more</wd> <wd>selfish</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>cold-hearted</wd> <wd>than</wd> <wd>him.</wd></st>

<p><st><wd>As</wd> <wd>soon</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>buried,</wd> <wd>Fanny</wd> <wd>came</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>Park</wd> <wd>uninvited.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>rudely</wd> <wd>informed</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>Park</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>now</wd> <wd>hers</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>guests.</wd></st>

<p><st><wd>The</wd> <wd>recently</wd> <wd>widowed</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>terribly</wd> <wd>offended.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>have</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>estate</wd> <wd>immediately</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>eldest</wd> <wd>daughter</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>begged</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>reconsider.</wd></st>

<p><st><wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>eldest</wd> <wd>daughter.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>possessed</wd> <wd>great</wd> <wd>intelligence</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>common</wd> <wd>sense.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>nineteen,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>frequently</wd> <wd>advised</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>important</wd> <wd>matters.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>excellent</wd> <wd>sense</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>self-control,</wd>







<wd>which</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>younger</wd> <wd>sister</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>lacked.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Like</wd> <wd>Elinor,</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>generous,</wd> <wd>clever,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>sensitive.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>strong</wd> <wd>emotions,</wd> <wd>which</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>unable</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>hide.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>much</wd> <wd>like</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>The</wd> <wd>youngest</wd> <wd>sister</wd> <wd>Margaret</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>sweet</wd> <wd>thirteen</wd>-<wd>year</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>shared</wd> <wd>Marianne's</wd> <wd>emotional</wd> <wd>sensibility</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>none</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>intelligence.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>One</wd> <wd>day,</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>reminded</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>promise</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>made</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>dying</wd> <wd>father</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>said</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>each</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>sisters</wd> <wd>1,000</wd> <wd>pounds.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>However,</wd> <wd>Fanny</wd> <wd>disapproved</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>this</wd> <wd>gift.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"You'll</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>taking</wd> <wd>3,000</wd> <wd>pounds</wd> <wd>out</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>our</wd> <wd>son's</wd> <wd>future</wd> <wd>inheritance,"</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>said.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"And</wd> <wd>you're</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>related</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>by</wd> <wd>half</wd> <wd>blood.</wd> <wd>They</wd> <wd>are</wd> <wd>hardly</wd> <wd>even</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>sisters."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"I</wd> <wd>must</wd> <wd>do</wd> <wd>something</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>when</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>leave</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>new</wd> <wd>home.</wd> <wd>Perhaps</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>should</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>500</wd> <wd>pounds</wd> <wd>each,"</wd> <wd>replied</wd> <wd>John.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"That's</wd> <wd>too</wd> <wd>much,"</wd> <wd>argued</wd> <wd>Fanny.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"You're</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>generous,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>think</wd> <wd>they'll</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>able</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>live</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>comfortably</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>10,000</wd> <wd>pounds</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>father</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>them."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"That's</wd> <wd>true,"</wd> <wd>replied</wd> <wd>John.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Why</wd> <wd>don't</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>just</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>my</wd> <wd>stepmother</wd> <wd>100</wd> <wd>pounds</wd> <wd>every</wd> <wd>year?"</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"Yes,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>don't</wd> <wd>think</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>father</wd> <wd>meant</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>any</wd> <wd>money</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>all,"</wd> <wd>replied</wd> <wd>Fanny.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"I</wd> <wd>think</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>find</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>small,</wd> <wd>comfortable</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>live</wd> <wd>in,</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>help</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>move,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>perhaps</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>send</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>occasional</wd> <wd>basket</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>fish</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>meat.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>They</wd> <wd>don't</wd> <wd>need</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>carriage</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>horses,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>one</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>two</wd> <wd>servants.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>foolish</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>any</wd> <wd>more."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"I</wd> <wd>think</wd> <wd>you're</wd> <wd>absolutely</wd> <wd>right,"</wd> <wd>said</wd> <wd>John.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Now</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>understand</wd> <wd>what</wd> <wd>my</wd> <wd>father</wd> <wd>meant."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>He</wd> <wd>decided</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>offer</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>assistance</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>suggested.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Meanwhile,</wd> <wd>Henry's</wd> <wd>widow,</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood,</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>leave</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>soon</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>possible.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>come</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>strongly</wd> <wd>dislike</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughter</wd>-<wd>in</wd>-<wd>law.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>reason</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>stayed</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>because</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>eldest</wd> <wd>daughter</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>formed</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>strong</wd> <wd>relationship</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>Fanny's</wd> <wd>brother,</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>Ferrars.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Edward's</wd> <wd>father</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>died</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>behind</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>lot</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>money.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>sure</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>receive</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>large</wd> <wd>inheritance.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>depended</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>mother's</wd> <wd>wishes.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>didn't</wd> <wd>care</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>money.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughter</wd> <wd>seemed</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>love</wd> <wd>each</wd> <wd>other.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Edward</wd> <wd>Ferrars</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>handsome</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>especially</wd> <wd>gentlemanly.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>shy</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>kind</wd> <wd>heart.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>His</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>sister</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>him</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>great</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>society,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>ambitious.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>All</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>comforts</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>quietness</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>private</wd> <wd>life.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>His</wd> <wd>younger</wd> <wd>brother</wd> <wd>Robert</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>greater</wd> <wd>potential.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"Edward</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>will</wd> <wd>most</wd> <wd>likely</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>married</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>few</wd> <wd>months,"</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>told</wd> <wd>Marianne.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Don't</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>approve</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Edward?"</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"He</wd> <wd>has</wd> <wd>no</wd> <wd>fire</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>eyes.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>doesn't</wd> <wd>seem</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>have</wd> <wd>any</wd> <wd>taste</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>books</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>music.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Oh,</wd> <wd>how</wd> <wd>will</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>ever</wd> <wd>find</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>can</wd> <wd>truly</wd> <wd>love?"</wd> <wd>worried</wd> <wd>Marianne.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"You're</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>seventeen,"</wd> <wd>laughed</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"It's</wd> <wd>too</wd> <wd>early</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>lose</wd> <wd>hope."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>high</wd> <wd>opinion</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Edward,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>sure</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>wanted</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>marry</wd> <wd>him.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>often</wd> <wd>seemed</wd> <wd>strangely</wd> <wd>depressed.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>And</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>feared</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>thought</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>friend.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>But</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>no</wd> <wd>such</wd> <wd>doubts.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>They</wd> <wd>believed</wd> <wd>love</wd> <wd>could</wd> <wd>solve</wd> <wd>all</wd> <wd>problems.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>thought</wd> <wd>it</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>terrible</wd> <wd>when</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>sister</wd> <wd>described</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>feelings</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>respect</wd> <wd>rather</wd> <wd>than</wd> <wd>love.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Like</wd> <wd>him?</wd> <wd>Respect</wd> <wd>him?</wd> <wd>Oh,</wd> <wd>cold-hearted</wd> <wd>Elinor!</wd> <wd>Why</wd> <wd>are</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>ashamed</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>express</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>love?"</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Fanny</wd> <wd>also</wd> <wd>noticed</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>attachment</wd> <wd>between</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>brother</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>Elinor.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>made</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>uneasy.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>told</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother</wd>-<wd>in</wd>-<wd>law,</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood,</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"My</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>expect</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>marry</wd> <wd>well.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>dangerous</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>try</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>trap</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>into</wd> <wd>marrying</wd> <wd>her."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>This</wd> <wd>made</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>furious.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>decided</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>must</wd> <wd>leave</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>immediately.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>On</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>same</wd> <wd>day,</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>received</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>letter</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>distant</wd> <wd>relative</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>hers</wd> <wd>named</wd> <wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>Middleton.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>wrote</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>offer</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>small</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>near</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>estate</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>Devonshire.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>His</wd> <wd>letter</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>welcoming</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>wrote</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>letter</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>accept</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>offer</wd> <wd>right</wd> <wd>away.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>happy</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>inform</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>Fanny</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>leaving</wd> <wd>Norland</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>live</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>Devonshire.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Edward</wd> <wd>Ferrars,</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>room</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>time,</wd> <wd>turned</wd> <wd>quickly</wd> <wd>toward</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>said,</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Devonshire!</wd> <wd>That's</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>far</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>here."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"Yes,"</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>replied.</wd> <wd>"We'll</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>Barton,</wd> <wd>four</wd> <wd>miles</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>city</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Exeter.</wd> <wd>It's</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>cottage,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>hope</wd> <wd>you'll</wd> <wd>all</wd> <wd>visit</wd> <wd>us</wd> <wd>there."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood's</wd> <wd>invitation</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>affectionate,</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>did</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>want</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>discourage</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>relationship</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>Elinor.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Cottage</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>furnished</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>ready</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>move</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>once.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>recommended</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>sell</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>carriage</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>horses</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>have</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>three</wd> <wd>servants.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>On</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>deathbed,</wd> <wd>Henry</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>told</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>wife</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>John's</wd> <wd>promise</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>care</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughters.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>left,</wd> <wd>it</wd> <wd>looked</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>offer</wd> <wd>any</wd> <wd>assistance.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>In</wd> <wd>fact,</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>heard</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>complain</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>money</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>how</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>need</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>more</wd> <wd>himself.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>The</wd> <wd>sisters</wd> <wd>cried</wd> <wd>when</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>said</wd> <wd>goodbye</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>beloved</wd> <wd>home</wd> <wd>Norland.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Dear,</wd> <wd>dear</wd> <wd>Norland,"</wd> <wd>cried</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>while</wd> <wd>walking</wd> <wd>alone</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>park</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>last</wd> <wd>evening,</wd> <wd>"I</wd> <wd>will</wd> <wd>miss</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>rest</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>my</wd> <wd>life!"</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>During</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>journey</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>Devonshire,</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>sisters</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>too</wd> <wd>miserable</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>enjoy</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>trip.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>But</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>entered</wd> <wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Valley,</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>became</wd> <wd>more</wd> <wd>cheerful.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>They</wd> <wd>took</wd> <wd>notice</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>countryside</wd> <wd>where</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>live.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Valley</wd> <wd>consisted</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>thick</wd> <wd>woods,</wd> <wd>clear</wd> <wd>streams,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>expansive</wd> <wd>open</wd> <wd>fields.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Cottage</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>excellent</wd> <wd>condition.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>There</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>two</wd> <wd>sitting</wd> <wd>rooms,</wd> <wd>four</wd> <wd>bedrooms,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>two</wd> <wd>servant's</wd> <wd>quarters.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>much</wd> <wd>smaller</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>poorer</wd> <wd>than</wd> <wd>Norland,</wd> <wd>but</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>girls</wd> <wd>made</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>best</wd> <wd>efforts</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>happy.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>The</wd> <wd>next</wd> <wd>day,</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Dashwoods</wd> <wd>received</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>visit</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>landlord,</wd> <wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>Middleton.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>good-looking,</wd> <wd>cheerful</wd> <wd>man.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>welcomed</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>offered</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>anything</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>garden.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>His</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>called</wd> <wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Park.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>He</wd> <wd>tried</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>make</wd> <wd>them</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>comfortable</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>possible</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>said</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>hoped</wd> <wd>they</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>come</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>visit</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>family</wd> <wd>soon.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>They</wd> <wd>went</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Park</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>dinner</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>next</wd> <wd>day.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>estate</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>half</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>mile</wd> <wd>from</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>cottage.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>It</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>large,</wd> <wd>stately</wd> <wd>house,</wd> <wd>where</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Middletons</wd> <wd>lived</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>great</wd> <wd>comfort.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>sportsman</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>enjoyed</wd> <wd>shooting,</wd> <wd>while</wd> <wd>Lady</wd> <wd>Middleton</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>mother</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>spoiled</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>children.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>hospitable</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>always</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>relatives</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>friends</wd> <wd>staying</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>house.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>noisier</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>more</wd> <wd>full</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>young</wd> <wd>people,</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>better.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Barton</wd> <wd>Park</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>famous</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>its</wd> <wd>summer</wd> <wd>parties</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>winter</wd> <wd>dances.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>On</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>night</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Dashwoods</wd> <wd>arrived</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>dinner,</wd> <wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>apologized</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>there</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>no</wd> <wd>handsome</wd> <wd>young</wd> <wd>male</wd> <wd>guests</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>meet</wd> <wd>them.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>The</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>guests</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon,</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>friend</wd> <wd>staying</wd> <wd>at</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>house,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John's</wd> <wd>mother</wd>-<wd>in</wd>-<wd>law,</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Jennings.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Jennings</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>fat,</wd> <wd>cheerful</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>lady</wd> <wd>who</wd> <wd>talked</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>laughed</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>great</wd> <wd>deal.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>silent,</wd> <wd>serious,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>handsome.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>noticed</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>bachelor,</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>wrong</wd> <wd>side</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>thirty</wd>-<wd>five.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>After</wd> <wd>dinner,</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>sang</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>played</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>piano.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>While</wd> <wd>Sir</wd> <wd>John</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>loud</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>showing</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>delight</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>music,</wd> <wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>quiet</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>listened</wd> <wd>attentively.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Jennings</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>widow</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>comfortable</wd> <wd>fortune.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>seen</wd> <wd>both</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>daughters</wd> <wd>marry</wd> <wd>respectably</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>now</wd> <wd>had</wd> <wd>nothing</wd> <wd>better</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>do</wd> <wd>than</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>try</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>marry</wd> <wd>off</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>rest</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>world.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>spent</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>lot</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>time</wd> <wd>matching</wd> <wd>young</wd> <wd>people</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>one</wd> <wd>another</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>planning</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>weddings.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Jennings</wd> <wd>informed</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Middletons</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>Dashwoods</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>much</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>love</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>Marianne.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>She</wd> <wd>felt</wd> <wd>it</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>excellent</wd> <wd>marriage</wd> <wd>because</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>rich</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>she</wd> <wd>was</wd> <wd>beautiful.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"How</wd> <wd>cruel</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Jennings</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>say</wd> <wd>that,"</wd> <wd>remarked</wd> <wd>Marianne.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>old</wd> <wd>enough</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>my</wd> <wd>father!"</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"But</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>cannot</wd> <wd>think</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>five</wd> <wd>years</wd> <wd>younger</wd> <wd>than</wd> <wd>me</wd> <wd>being</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>ancient</wd> <wd>as</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>say,"</wd> <wd>replied</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"But</wd> <wd>didn't</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>hear</wd> <wd>him</wd> <wd>complaining</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>bad</wd> <wd>back?"</wd> <wd>said</wd> <wd>Marianne.</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"My</wd> <wd>child,"</wd> <wd>laughed</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"It</wd> <wd>must</wd> <wd>seem</wd> <wd>amazing</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>I've</wd> <wd>lived</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>great</wd> <wd>age</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>forty.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>Thirty</wd>-<wd>five</wd> <wd>has</wd> <wd>nothing</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>do</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>marriage.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>For</wd> <wd>example,</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>woman</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>twenty</wd>-<wd>seven</wd> <wd>could</wd> <wd>easily</wd> <wd>consider</wd> <wd>marrying</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>man</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon's</wd> <wd>age."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"But</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>woman</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>twenty</wd>-<wd>seven</wd> <wd>could</wd> <wd>consider</wd> <wd>becoming</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>nurse</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>house</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>uncomfortable</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>her</wd> <wd>fortune</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>small.</wd> <wd>It</wd> <wd>would</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>marriage</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>convenience."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"It</wd> <wd>seems</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>little</wd> <wd>hard,"</wd> <wd>remarked</wd> <wd>Elinor,</wd> <wd>"to</wd> <wd>accuse</wd> <wd>Colonel</wd> <wd>Brandon</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>needing</wd> <wd>nursing</wd> <wd>just</wd> <wd>because</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>complained</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>pain</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>his</wd> <wd>shoulder</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>cold,</wd> <wd>wet</wd> <wd>day."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>But</wd> <wd>Marianne's</wd> <wd>view</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>colonel</wd> <wd>did</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>change.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>After</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>left</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>room,</wd> <wd>Marianne</wd> <wd>said,</wd></st>
 <st><wd><han>"Mother,</wd> <wd>I'm</wd> <wd>concerned</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>Edward</wd> <wd>Ferrars.</wd> <wd>I'm</wd> <wd>worried</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>sick.</wd> <wd>We've</wd> <wd>been</wd> <wd>here</wd> <wd>two</wd> <wd>weeks,</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>he</wd> <wd>hasn't</wd> <wd>come</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>see</wd> <wd>Elinor."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"Be</wd> <wd>patient,</wd> <wd>my</wd> <wd>daughter,"</wd> <wd>Mrs.</wd> <wd>Dashwood</wd> <wd>answered.</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"I</wd> <wd>don't</wd> <wd>expect</wd> <wd>him</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>soon.</wd> <wd>And</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>doesn't,</wd> <wd>either."</wd></st>


<p><st><wd>"It</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>strange,"</wd> <wd>exclaimed</wd> <wd>Marianne,</wd></st>
 <st><wd>"How</wd> <wd>cold</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>calm</wd> <wd>their</wd> <wd>last</wd> <wd>goodbyes</wd> <wd>were!</wd> <wd>Elinor</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>self-controlled,</wd> <wd>never</wd> <wd>sad</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>restless</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>miserable.</wd> <wd>I</wd> <wd>don't</wd> <wd>understand</wd> her."</st> 
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